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In Hesiod's Theogony, Hemera and her brother Aether were the offspring of Erebus and Nyx. [2] Bacchylides apparently had Hemera as the daughter of Chronus (Time) and Nyx. [3] In the lost epic poem the Titanomachy (late seventh century BC?), [4] Hemera was perhaps the mother, by Aether, of Uranus (Sky). [5]
The Theogony (Ancient Greek: Θεογονία, Theogonía, [2] i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods" [3]) is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC. [4]
The oldest, and longest such list, given by the late 8th–early 7th century BC Greek poet Hesiod, names 41 Oceanids. [1] Hesiod goes on to say that these "are the eldest ... but there are many besides" and that there were "three thousand" Oceanids, [ 2 ] a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable". [ 3 ]
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
There is some evidence that the figures of the Queen of the Underworld and the daughter of Demeter were initially considered separate goddesses. [86] However, they must have become conflated by the time of Hesiod in the 7th century BC. [79] Demeter and Persephone were often worshipped together and were often referred to by joint cultic titles.
Hesiod's account [ edit ] Metis was an Oceanid nymph, one of the 3000 daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys , [ 5 ] and a sister of the river-gods , which also numbered 3000.
In Greek mythology, Pluto or Plouto (Ancient Greek: Πλουτώ, romanized: Ploutṓ, lit. 'rich one') was, according to the late 8th–early 7th century BC Greek poet Hesiod, and the probably nearly as old Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter, one of the many Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. [1]
Hesiod's Theogony is not only the fullest surviving account of the gods but also the fullest surviving account of the archaic poet's function, with its long preliminary invocation to the Muses. Theogony also was the subject of many lost poems, including those attributed to Orpheus, Musaeus , Epimenides , Abaris , and other legendary seers ...